ARTICLE 13 -- REGIONAL ACTION PROGRAMMES:

This article
mirrors Article 12, except that it refers to regional programmes.
It reads: "Affected [developing] country Parties [needing
assistance] shall consult and cooperate to prepare, as appropriate,
regional action programmes to harmonize, complement and increase
the efficiency of national programmes. Regional action programmes
may include the provisions referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (f)
of Article 12. The provisions of Article 10 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to regional programmes."